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[The Comish]

Are you this year's salaries or cap hits?

EStaal at 123, PSharp at 132, and Voracek at 133 stand out.

Pavelski, Gaborik, and St Louis also look like value but I'm sure it's in relation to your cap.

Yes, we are using actual cap hits. Plus, it's a dynasty league, so anyone 30 and over can just go away and die...at least that's my draft strategy!!

Love EStaal, but that cap hit is Crosbyesque. Voracek's cap hit is okay if he performs like I think he will. Gaborik's cap hit vs injury history/age work against him. St. Louis is a grandfather, at least in NHL circles. I nearly took Pavelski, but his numbers across the board are just okay.

I found that some people put a lot of value in prospects, while others focus on cost and some haven't figured out that this is a dynasty league and you need a good mix/cross selection of young talent (21-27 years old) to be able to compete for years.

[The Comish]

Round 21

241-Wheeling Nailers - D-Myers Buf
242-BC Ice Hawks - F-Smith-Pelley Ana
243-Bears - F-Palmieri,K Ana
244-Keystone Kops II - G-Brodeur NJ
245-Puckheads - F-Toffoli LA
246-Team No Hands - F-Gagner Edm
247-Greased Lightning - F-Hanzal Phx
248-Vipers - F-Chimera Wsh
249-Red Sox Nation - D-Gragnani Buf
250-Flying Hellfish - F-Connolly,B TB
251-Gilly's Gamers - F-Jenner CBJ
252-Midnight Reader - F-Versteeg Fla

Round 22

253-Midnight Reader - D-Coburn Phi
254-Gilly's Gamers - G-Gibson,J Ana
255-Flying Hellfish - F-Smith,C Nsh
256-Red Sox Nation - F-Fleischmann Fla
257-Vipers - F-Hansen Van
258-Greased Lightning - F-Niederreiter NYI
259-Team No Hands - G-Backstrom Min
260-Puckheads - F-Jarnkrok Det
261-Keystone Kops II - F-Lapierre Van
262-Bears - F-Wilson,C Nsh
263-BC Ice Hawks - F-Pominville Buf
264-Wheeling Nailers - D-Blum Nsh

Round 23

265-Wheeling Nailers - G-Hackett,M Min
266-BC Ice Hawks - G-Theodore Fla
267-Bears - D-Pitkanen Car
268-Keystone Kops II - F-Boyle,B NYR
269-Puckheads - F-Bergeron,P Bos
270-Team No Hands - Krejci Bos
271-Greased Lightning - G-Mrazek Det
272-Vipers - F-Glencross Cgy
273-Red Sox Nation - F-Semin Car
274-Flying Hellfish - F-Brunner Det
275-Gilly's Gamers - F-Sutter,Bra Pit
276-Midnight Reader - D-Merrill NJ

Round 24

277-Midnight Reader - F-Faksa Dal
278-Gilly's Gamers - F-Havlat SJ
279-Flying Hellfish - G-Scrivens Tor
280-Red Sox Nation - F-Cervenka Cgy
281-Vipers - G-Greiss SJ
282-Greased Lightning - D-Seidenberg Bos
283-Team No Hands - D-McBain Car
284-Puckheads - D-Donovan,M NYI
285-Keystone Kops II - D-Harrison,J Car
286-Bears - G-Allen,J Stl
287-BC Ice Hawks - D-Despres Pit
288-Wheeling Nailers - D-Morrow,J Pit

Round 25

289-Wheeling Nailers - F-Malone TB
290-BC Ice Hawks - F-Thornton,J SJ
291-Bears - F-Bennett,B Pit
292-Keystone Kops II - F-Wilson,T Wsh
293-Puckheads - D-Sbisa Ana
294-Team No Hands - F-Ruutu,T Car
295-Greased Lightning - F-Girgensons Buf
296-Vipers - F-Kennedy,T Pit
297-Red Sox Nation - F-Bozak Tor
298-Flying Hellfish - F-Horton Bos
299-Gilly's Gamers - F-Eller Mtl
300-Midnight Reader - F-Bailey NYI

Round 26

301-Midnight Reader - D-Larsen,P Dal
302-Gilly's Gamers - D-Gorges Mtl
303-Flying Hellfish - F-Bourque,G Nsh
304-Red Sox Nation - F-Boyes NYI
305-Vipers - F-Khokhachev Bos
306-Greased Lightning - F-Teravainen Chi
307-Team No Hands - D-Scandella Min
308-Puckheads - F-Cizikas NYI
309-Keystone Kops II - F-Cooke Pit
310-Bears - F-Michalek,M Ott
311-BC Ice Hawks - F-Prust Mtl
312-Wheeling Nailers - F-Bickell Chi

Round 27

313-Wheeling Nailers - F-Eakin Dal
314-BC Ice Hawks - G-Visentin Phx
315-Bears - F-Hossa,Mn Chi
316-Keystone Kops II - F-Smith,Z Ott
317-Puckheads - F-Ribeiro Wsh
318-Team No Hands - F-Colborne Tor
319-Greased Lightning - F-McGinn,J Col
320-Vipers - G-Wedgewood NJ
321-Red Sox Nation - D-Whitney,Rn Edm
322-Flying Hellfish - D-Spurgeon Min
323-Gilly's Gamers - D-Tinordi Mtl
324-Midnight Reader - F-Bertuzzi Det

Round 28

325-Midnight Reader - F-Pouliot,B TB
326-Gilly's Gamers - F-Ritchie Dal
327-Flying Hellfish - D-Barberio TB
328-Red Sox Nation - G-Bishop Ott
329-Vipers - F-Pearson,T LA
330-Greased Lightning - F-Iginla Cgy
331-Team No Hands - F-O'Reilly,R Col
332-Puckheads - G-Fasth Ana
333-Keystone Kops II - D-Engelland Pit
334-Bears - D-Pouliot,D Pit
335-BC Ice Hawks - F-Legwand Nsh
336-Wheeling Nailers - F-Stone Ott

Round 29

337-Wheeling Nailers - F-Shore Fla
338-BC Ice Hawks - D-Siemens Col
339-Bears - F-Holland Ana
340-Keystone Kops II - D-Erixon,T CBJ
341-Puckheads - F-Rinaldo Phi
342-Team No Hands - F-Talbot Phi
343-Greased Lightning - D-Vatanen Ana
344-Vipers - F-McNeil,M Chi
345-Red Sox Nation - D-Emelin Mtl
346-Flying Hellfish - D-Barrie,T Col
347-Gilly's Gamers - D-Marincin Edm
348-Midnight Reader - D-Ceci Ott

Round 30

349-Midnight Reader - F-Sobotka Stl
350-Gilly's Gamers - F-Sgarbossa Col
351-Flying Hellfish - F-Wolski Wsh
352-Red Sox Nation - F-Carcillo Chi
353-Vipers - D-Ekholm Nsh
354-Greased Lightning - F-Beach Chi
355-Team No Hands - D-Niskanen Pit
356-Puckheads - F-Stastny,P Col
357-Keystone Kops II - F-Ouellet,X Det
358-Bears - F-Kadri Tor
359-BC Ice Hawks - F-Namestnikov TB
360-Wheeling Nailers - G-Dansk CBJ

[The Comish]

Round 31

361-Wheeling Nailers - D-Brodie Cgy
362-BC Ice Hawks - D-Campbell,B Fla
363-Bears - D-Murphy,Co Phx
364-Keystone Kops II - F-Jensen,N Van
365-Puckheads - F-McDonald,A Stl
366-Team No Hands - F-Roy,D Dal
367-Greased Lightning - D-Boychuk,J Bos
368-Vipers - F-Josefsen NJ
369-Red Sox Nation - G-Nilsson,A NYI
370-Flying Hellfish - D-Brennan Buf
371-Gilly's Gamers - D-O'Brien,S Col
372-Midnight Reader - G-Nihlstorp Dal

Round 32

373-Midnight Reader - F-Matthias Fla
374-Gilly's Gamers - D-Markov,A Mtl
375-Flying Hellfish - D-Franson Tor
376-Red Sox Nation - F-Adam Buf
377-Vipers - F-Dalpe,Z Car
378-Greased Lightning - F-Setoguchi Min
379-Team No Hands - F-Frattin Tor
380-Puckheads - D-Meszaros Phi
381-Keystone Kops II - D-de Haan NYI
382-Bears - D-Moore,J CBJ
383-BC Ice Hawks - F-Horak Cgy
384-Wheeling Nailers - F-Tangradi Pit

Round 33

385-Wheeling Nailers - F-Hertl SJ
386-BC Ice Hawks - F-Nolan,J LA
387-Bears - G-Pickard,Ca Col
388-Keystone Kops II - G-Roy,O Edm
389-Puckheads - D-Petrovic Fla
390-Team No Hands - F-Tatar Det
391-Greased Lightning - F-Ross,B Tor
392-Vipers - F-Audy-Marchessault CBJ
393-Red Sox Nation - D-Krug Bos
394-Flying Hellfish - F-Loktionov LA
395-Gilly's Gamers - F-Larsson,J Min
396-Midnight Reader - D-Russell,K Stl

Round 34

397-Midnight Reader - F-Puempel Ott
398-Gilly's Gamers - F-Caron,J Bos
399-Flying Hellfish - F-Maroon Ana
400-Red Sox Nation - F-Garbutt Dal
401-Vipers - F-Johnson,T TB
402-Greased Lightning - F-Little Wpg
403-Team No Hands - F-Bowman Car
404-Puckheads - D-Bickel NYR
405-Keystone Kops II - F-Frk Det
406-Bears - D-Lindholm Ana
407-BC Ice Hawks - F-Morin,J Chi
408-Wheeling Nailers - F-Glennie Dal

Round 35

409-Wheeling Nailers - F-Spooner Bos
410-BC Ice Hawks - D-Trouba Wpg
411-Bears - F-Boychuk,Z Car
412-Keystone Kops II - F-Biggs,T Tor
413-Puckheads - D-Stuart,M Wpg
414-Team No Hands - G-Janus TB
415-Greased Lightning - F-Paajarvi Edm
416-Vipers - G-Poulin,K NYI
417-Red Sox Nation - F-Laughton Phi
418-Flying Hellfish - F-Bonino,N Ana
419-Gilly's Gamers - F-Leblanc Mtl
420-Midnight Reader - F-Budish Nsh

Players not taken that stand out:

F-Pavel Datsyuk Det $6.7M & 34 yrs old
F-Thomas Vanek Buf $7M+
F-Patrik Elias NJ $6M & 36 yrs old
F-Dany Heatley Min $7.5M (dear God!)

Zajac, Selanne, Tanguay, Ray Whitney, O.Jokinen, Erat, D.Stafford, Lecavalier, Plekanec, Briere, Grabovski, Doan, MacArthur, Hemsky, Alfredsson, Jagr, Steen, Cammalleri, Kulemin, Leino, B.Morrow, and many many more forwards.

D-Lubomir Visnovsky NYI $5.6M & 36 yrs old
D-Kimmo Timonen Phi $6.33M & 37 yrs old

Ian White, Leopold, Zidlicky, Gonchar, Liles, T.Kaberle, Bouwmeester, Gilbert, Corvo, Martin, Kuba, Tyutin, Colaiacovo and others. Not quite as big a list as Forwards

G-Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ $1.75M
G-Jonas Gustavsson Det $1.5M
G-Evgeni Nabokov NYI $2.75M & 37 yrs old

Vokoun, Emery, Bachman, Giguere, Montoya, Clemmensen, Garon, S.Mason, Khabibulin, Tokarski

We are restricted on the number of goaltenders we can have. You can only carry 4 goaltenders on your roster (one must be a rookie though) and up to 2 for your farm (no more than 41 gp to qualify). I would love to be able to have taken a couple more goalies.

Most of the above players went undrafted because of the salary cap, although for some it was a combination of cap money and age that made them undesirable. It really is beyond reason that Datsyuk is undrafted...Datsyuk!! I know he's only got a couple of years left in the NHL at best, but man, it's Datsyuk! It's almost like we are insulting the hockey gods here!

[metaldude26]

Wheeling Nailers are killing this thing. Also, Ovechkin and Crosby not going higher is surprising. I'd still take Crosby first in virtually any pool. Doughty going as the first defenseman and well ahead of Letang is a travesty. In cap leagues Letang is the best bargain out there among defensemen.

[The Comish]

A team by team breakdown:

Wheeling Nailers
F-Claude Giroux PHI
F-Max Pacioretty MON
F-Scott Hartnell PHI
F-Dustin Brown LOS
F-Chris Kreider NYR
F-Rick Nash NYR
F-Ryan Kesler VAN
F-Brandon Dubinsky COB
F-Joe Pavelski SAN
F-Henrik Zetterberg DET
F-Matt Martin NYI
F-Ryan Malone TAM
D-Kris Letang PIT
D-Dennis Wideman CGY
D-Alex Goligoski DAL
D-Brent Seabrook CHI
D-Tyler Myers BUF
D-Jonathon Blum NAS
G-Mike Smith PHO
G-Miikka Kiprusoff CGY
B-Michal Neuvirth WAS
B-Matthew Hackett MIN
B-Bryan Bickell CHI
B-Cody Eakin DAL
B-Eric Tangradi PIT

Farm
Justin Faulk CAR
Ryan Strome NYI
Joe Morrow PIT
Ryan Spooner BOS
Mark Stone OTT
Drew Shore FLA
T.J. Brodie CGY
O. Dansk Cob
Tomas Hertl SJ
Scott Glennie DAL

BC Ice Hawks
F-Tyler Seguin BOS
F-Milan Lucic BOS
F-Ryan Callahan NYR
F-Ilya Kovalchuk NJD
F-Zack Kassian VAN
F-Mike Richards LOS
F-Jeff Carter LOS
F-Devante Smith-Pelly ANA
F-Jason Pominville BUF
F-Joe Thornton SAN
F-Brandon Prust MON
F-David Legwand NAS
D-Justin Schultz EDM
D-Michael Del Zotto NYR
D-Stefan Elliott COL
D-Slava Voynov LOS
D-Brayden McNabb BUF
D-Brian Campbell FLA
G-Jonathan Quick LOS
G-Braden Holtby WAS
B-Roman Horak CGY
B-Jordan Nolan LOS
B-Jeremy Morin CHI
B-Morgan Reilly TOR
B-José Théodore FLA

Farm
Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS
Charlie Coyle MIN
Oscar Klefbom EDM
Nathan Beaulieu MON
Simon Despres PIT
Duncan Siemens COL
Vladislav Namestnikov TAM
Jacob Trouba WPG
Mark Visentin PHO
Malcom Subban BOS

Bears
F-Steven Stamkos TAM
F-Gabriel Landeskog COL
F-Nicklas Backstrom WAS
F-Brad Marchand BOS
F-Zach Parise MIN
F-Eric Staal CAR
F-Steve Downie COL
F-Ryan Johansen COB
F-Cal Clutterbuck MIN
F-Andrew Ladd WPG
F-Mikkel Boedker PHO
F-Kyle Palmieri ANA
D-Alex Pietrangelo STL
D-Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHO
D-Zach Bogosian WPG
D-Victor Hedman TAM
D-Erik Johnson COL
D-Jared Cowen OTT
G-Jaroslav Halak STL
G-Semyon Varlamov COL
B-Jonathan Bernier LOS
B-Colin Wilson NAS
B-Joni Pitkanen CAR
B-Milan Michalek OTT
B-Marian Hossa CHI

Farm
Jake Allen STL
Beau Bennett PIT
Derrick Pouliot PIT
Patrick Holland MON
Nazem Kadri TOR
Connor Murphy PHO
John Moore COB
Calvin Pickard COL
Hampus Lindholm ANA
Zach Boychuk CAR

Keystone Kops II
F-Evgeni Malkin PIT
F-James Neal PIT
F-Chris Kunitz PIT
F-David Clarkson NJD
F-Derek Stepan NYR
F-Pascal Dupuis PIT
F-Marian Gaborik NYR
F-Chris Neil OTT
F-Brad Richards NYR
F-Colin Greening OTT
F-Maxim Lapierre VAN
F-Brian Boyle NYR
D-Alexander Edler VAN
D-Dion Phaneuf TOR
D-Kevin Bieksa VAN
D-Ryan McDonagh NYR
D-Jason Garrison VAN
D-Dan Girardi NYR
G-Antti Niemi SAN
G-Brian Elliott STL
B-Martin Brodeur NJD
B-Jay Harrison CAR
B-Matt Cooke PIT
B-Zack Smith OTT
B-Deryk Engelland PIT

Farm
Ryan Murphy CAR
Jack Campbell DAL
Tom Wilson WAS
Tim Erixon COB
Xavier Ouellet DET
Nicklas Jensen VAN
Calvin de Haan NYI
Olivier Roy EDM
Martin Frk DET
Tyler Biggs TOR

Puckheads
F-Sidney Crosby PIT
F-Nail Yakupov EDM
F-Mikael Granlund MIN
F-Logan Couture SAN
F-Matt Read PHI
F-Justin Williams LOS
F-Troy Brouwer WAS
F-Patrice Bergeron BOS
F-Mike Ribeiro WAS
F-Zac Rinaldo PHI
F-Paul Stastny COL
F-Andy McDonald STL
D-Kevin Shattenkirk STL
D-Niklas Kronwall DET
D-Luke Schenn PHI
D-Jake Gardiner TOR
D-Nikita Nikitin COB
D-Luca Sbisa ANA
G-Marc-André Fleury PIT
G-Jonas Hiller ANA
B-Anders Lindback TAM
B-Andrej Meszaros PHI
B-Alex Petrovic FLA
B-Stu Bickel NYR
B-Mark Stuart WPG

Farm
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA
Brandon Saad CHI
Jakob Silfverberg OTT
Eddie Lack VAN
Ty Rattie STL
Tyler Toffoli LOS
Calle Jarnkrok DET
Matt Donovan NYI
Casey Cizikas NYI
Viktor Fasth ANA

Team No Hands
F-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM
F-Jordan Eberle EDM
F-Brayden Schenn PHI
F-David Backes STL
F-Matt Duchene COL
F-Wayne Simmonds PHI
F-Chris Stewart STL
F-David Perron STL
F-Sam Gagner EDM
F-David Krejci BOS
F-Tuomo Ruutu CAR
F-Ryan O'Reilly COL
D-Drew Doughty LOS
D-John Carlson WAS
D-Mark Giordano CGY
D-David Rundblad PHO
D-Marc Staal NYR
D-Jamie McBain CAR
G-Josh Harding MIN
G-Devan Dubnyk EDM
B-Niklas Backstrom MIN
B-Maxime Talbot PHI
B-Matt Niskanen PIT
B-Derek Roy DAL
B-Matt Frattin TOR

Farm
Ryan Murray COB
Sven Baertschi CGY
Brandon Gormley PHO
Emerson Etem ANA
Nick Bjugstad FLA
Marco Scandella MIN
Joe Colborne TOR
Tomas Tatar DET
Drayson Bowman CAR
Jaroslav Janus TAM

[The Comish]

The second half of the teams:

Greased Lightning
F-Corey Perry ANA
F-Jamie Benn DAL
F-Mikhail Grigorenko BUF
F-Jordan Staal CAR
F-Mark Scheifele WPG
F-T.J. Oshie STL
F-Joffrey Lupul TOR
F-James Van Riemsdyk TOR
F-Andrew Shaw CHI
F-Martin Hanzal PHO
F-Jamie McGinn COL
F-Jarome Iginla CGY
D-Dougie Hamilton BOS
D-Brendan Smith DET
D-Travis Hamonic NYI
D-Duncan Keith CHI
D-Jeff Petry EDM
D-Dennis Seidenberg BOS
G-Henrik Lundqvist NYR
G-Cory Schneider VAN
B-Roberto Luongo VAN
B-Johnny Boychuk BOS
B-Devin Setoguchi MIN
B-Bryan Little WPG
B-Magnus Paajarvi EDM

Farm
Robin Lehner OTT
Mathew Dumba MIN
Cory Conacher TAM
Nino Niederreiter NYI
Petr Mrazek DET
Zemgus Girgensons BUF
Teuvo Teravainen CHI
Sami Vatanen ANA
Kyle Beach CHI
Brad Ross TOR

Vipers
F-Loui Eriksson DAL
F-Adam Henrique NJD
F-Marcus Johansson WAS
F-P-A Parenteau COL
F-Jason Spezza OTT
F-Radim Vrbata PHO
F-Martin St. Louis TAM
F-Carl Hagelin NYR
F-Viktor Stalberg CHI
F-Derek Dorsett COB
F-Valtteri Filppula DET
F-Jason Chimera WAS
D-Shea Weber NAS
D-Ryan Suter MIN
D-Mark Streit NYI
D-Tobias Enstrom WPG
D-Christian Ehrhoff BUF
D-Ryan Ellis NAS
G-Pekka Rinne NAS
G-Ryan Miller BUF
B-Ondrej Pavelec WPG
B-Jannik Hansen VAN
B-Curtis Glencross CGY
B-Thomas Greiss SAN
B-Tyler Kennedy PIT

Farm
Alexander Khokhlachev BOS
Scott Wedgewood NJD
Tanner Pearson LOS
Mark McNeill CHI
Mattias Ekholm NAS
Jacob Josefsen NJD
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault COB
Zac Dalpe CAR
Tyler Johnson TAM
Kevin Poulin NYI

Red Sox Nation
F-Jonathan Toews CHI
F-Blake Wheeler WPG
F-Steve Ott BUF
F-Teddy Purcell TAM
F-Matt Moulson NYI
F-David Desharnais MON
F-Alexandre Burrows VAN
F-Stephen Weiss FLA
F-Tyler Bozak TOR
F-Johan Franzen DET
F-Thomas Fleischmann FLA
F-Alexander Semin CAR
D-Zdeno Chara BOS
D-Dustin Byfuglien WPG
D-Nick Leddy CHI
D-Mike Green WAS
D-Dan Boyle SAN
D-Sheldon Souray ANA
G-Jimmy Howard DET
G-Kari Lehtonen DAL
B-Jhonas Enroth BUF
B-Brad Boyes NYI
B-Ryan Whitney EDM
B-Alexei Emelin MON
B-Dan Carcillo CHI

Farm
Jaden Schwartz STL
Paul Postma WPG
Marc-André Gragnani CAR
Roman Cervenka CGY
Ben Bishop OTT
Anders Nilsson NYI
Luke Adam BUF
Torey Krug BOS
Ryan Garbutt DAL
Scott Laughton PHI

Flying Hellfish
F-Alex Ovechkin WAS
F-Anze Kopitar LOS
F-Evander Kane WPG
F-Bobby Ryan ANA
F-Patrick Kane CHI
F-Phil Kessel TOR
F-Marcus Foligno BUF
F-Tyler Ennis BUF
F-Cody Hodgson BUF
F-Nick Foligno COB
F-Craig Smith NAS
F-Nathan Horton BOS
D-P.K. Subban MON
D-Jack Johnson COB
D-Matt Carle TAM
D-James Wisniewski COB
D-Dmitry Orlov WAS
D-Jared Spurgeon MIN
G-Tuukka Rask BOS
G-Craig Anderson OTT
B-James Reimer TOR
B-Wojtek Wolski WAS
B-Cody Franson TOR
B-Gabriel Bourque NAS
B-Nick Bonino ANA

Farm
Jacob Markstrom FLA
Gustav Nyquist DET
Brett Connolly TAM
Damien Brunner DET
Ben Scrivens TOR
Patrick Maroon ANA
Mark Barberio TAM
Tyson Barrie COL
T.J. Brennan BUF
Andrei Loktionov LOS

Gilly's Gamers
F-John Tavares NYI
F-Ryan Getzlaf ANA
F-Taylor Hall EDM
F-Jeff Skinner CAR
F-Vladimir Tarasenko STL
F-Alex Galchenyuk MON
F-Sean Couturier PHI
F-Kyle Turris OTT
F-Mikko Koivu MIN
F-Erik Cole MON
F-Patrick Marleau SAN
F-Martin Havlat SAN
D-Cam Fowler ANA
D-Dmitry Kulikov FLA
D-Erik Gudbranson FLA
D-Dan Hamhuis VAN
D-Steve Montador CHI
D-Josh Gorges MON
G-Carey Price MON
G-Corey Crawford CHI
B-Brandon Sutter PIT
B-Lars Eller MON
B-Shane O'Brien COL
B-Andrei Markov MON
B-Johan Larsson MIN

Farm
Andrej Vasilisevski TAM
Griffin Reinhart NYI
Boone Jenner COB
John Gibson ANA
Jarred Tinordi MON
Brett Ritchie DAL
Martin Marincin EDM
Michael Sgarbossa COL
Jordan Caron BOS
Louis Leblanc MON

Midnight Reader
F-Henrik Sedin VAN
F-Daniel Sedin VAN
F-Mika Zibanejad OTT
F-Ryane Clowe SAN
F-Patrick Sharp CHI
F-Jakub Voracek PHI
F-Kyle Okposo NYI
F-Patrik Berglund STL
F-Alex Burmistrov WPG
F-Kris Versteeg FLA
F-Josh Bailey NYI
F-Todd Bertuzzi DET
D-Erik Karlsson OTT
D-Keith Yandle PHO
D-Adam Larsson NJD
D-Brent Burns SAN
D-Cam Atkinson COB
D-Braydon Coburn PHI
G-Cam Ward CAR
G-Ilya Bryzgalov PHI
B-Philip Larsen DAL
B-Benoit Pouliot TAM
B-Vladimir Sobotka STL
B-Shawn Matthias FLA
B-Kris Russell STL

Farm
Anton Khudobin BOS
Roman Josi NAS
Filip Forsberg WAS
Jonas Brodin MIN
J Merrill NJD
Radek Faksa DAL
Cody Ceci OTT
Christopher Nihlstorp DAL
Matt Puempel OTT
Zach Budish NAS

[The Comish]

Wheeling Nailers are killing this thing. Also, Ovechkin and Crosby not going higher is surprising. I'd still take Crosby first in virtually any pool. Doughty going as the first defenseman and well ahead of Letang is a travesty. In cap leagues Letang is the best bargain out there among defensemen.

Thanks for your comments md!

On my draft list, I had Stamkos, then Ovechkin as 1-2 as Stamkos is 4 yrs OV's junior and less of a cap hit (by about $2M). It was odd to see OV get taken 10th overall.

I had Erik Karlsson, then Letang on my D draft list and I absolutely LOVE Letang in roto leagues. Doughty came in around #5 for me.

I've told our commish (I'm not commish in this one!) that the salary cap may be too low - how could a guy like Datsyuk go undrafted!? There are several top end players that weren't taken mostly due to cap reasons. So if one of your top guys gets hurt, you can put him on IR and effectively replace him quite easily. It's not reflective of the NHL, when a team loses a top guy, they have to find a replacement from within, not bring in a Lecavalier or Vanek from the Free Agent wire!

I love the team I drafted (Flying Hellfish), but the draft was tough as many of my players kept getting scooped. I took as many young talented players as I could manage under the cap and filled in the gaps with great values. Unfortunately, many of the great values were taken right under my nose, so I ended up with good value players!

I usually have very strong goaltending and the best defence, but this time, I ended up with what I think will be the top scoring forward group in the pool. With the way the categories are structured, it's almost like double-tapping the points: G, A, Pts, PiMs, Hits, BS, SOG, Fwd Pts, Def Pts, then 3 cats for Goalies: Wins(2pts)+OTL(1 pt)+ShO(3 pts) as one category, GAA, SV%.

I only have one player over 30, the 31 year old Craig Anderson, the rest are all in their early to mid-20's. This is very important as it's a Dynasty League where we keep 25 players and then draft another 10 every year.

[jer_33]

I'm pretty sure one could build a team from the waiver wire and compete just fine for 2-3 seasons.. I know that I'd be looking at ways to swap some salary for 1st rounders in order to scoop Datsyuk.

How much are hits worth, because Chara in round one (with a $7+ caphit) seems kinda crazy????

[Daydream Nation]

I've told our commish (I'm not commish in this one!) that the salary cap may be too low - how could a guy like Datsyuk go undrafted!? There are several top end players that weren't taken mostly due to cap reasons. So if one of your top guys gets hurt, you can put him on IR and effectively replace him quite easily. It's not reflective of the NHL, when a team loses a top guy, they have to find a replacement from within, not bring in a Lecavalier or Vanek from the Free Agent wire!

We used a 65 mil cap and we used last year's cap hits so I got Karlsson and Tavares at low costs. In our 10-team league we had a lot of excellent players go undrafted including Doughty, Thornton, Zetterburg, Keith, Gaborik, EStaal, Ryan Miller, Yandle, Cam Ward and more. It was because of their cap hit in relation to our 65 M cap. After our 20 round draft, players became free agents with the minimum starting bid being 25% of their cap hit. The teams that appear the best stocked up on young, cheap players during the draft and kept a lot of cap space for free agency. For example, Staal, Gaborik, Thornton, and Zetterberg all went between 3.2 and 4.1 M. Miller and Ward went for around 2.5 M.

We won't have your problem of replacing an injured superstar with a free agent superstar since you get only half of a player's salary for injury replacement purposes.

Overall, managing the cap and issuing contracts involve more levels of planning and consideration and makes the league fascinating. I'm in another league that doesn't have a cap and it's not nearly as interesting. Good stuff Comish!